Mission ucsbBLACK is supportive and enjoyable space for Black identified faculty and staff at UCSB to build community and create connections with one another. We hope to further develop and sustain an environment that allows Black faculty and staff to feel supported, professionally and personally, by their peers. Research has shown that students of color, particularly Black college students, experience greater success when they have adequate social support as well as when they have people on campus that look like them to offer support. As a result, we are even more inspired to facilitate opportunities to model and promote unity and solidarity among Black identified faculty and staff to better support the academic and overall success of Black identified students. It's imperative that we make sure that we, staff and faculty, are thriving and connecting too.
Membership Benefits Research has shown that students of color, particularly Black college students, experience greater success when they have adequate social support as well as when they have people on campus that look like them to offer support. As a result, we are even more inspired to facilitate opportunities to model and promote unity and solidarity among Black identified faculty and staff to better support the academic and overall success of Black identified students. It's imperative that we make sure that we, staff and faculty, are thriving and connecting too.